Source: History of Whiteside County, IL, edited by Charles Bent, Morrison, IL 1877
Transcribed by: Denise McLoughlin, Tampico Area Historical Society www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com

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JOHN LAIRD came from Canada, and was born about 1815. e married Miss Fanny WARREN, and had one daughter, who is in California. Mr. LAIRD went there in 1850, and died four years ago.